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The show had Bozanich catch Erik in a lie about how he and Lyle attempted to purchase two handguns days before they killed their parents. This was a mistake since Kuriyama was the one asking Erik ...
Why Did Erik and Lyle Kill Their Parents? ... “If you had photos of the events of my childhood, they would be crime photos. I was dying long before the night I killed my parents.” ...
Previously, the brothers claimed they had gone to the cinema to watch Batman the night their parents were killed. In reality, they had dumped the guns somewhere off of Mulholland Drive, then ...
Both brothers testified that their father had threatened to kill them if they did not keep the abuse secret. As a result, they purchased shotguns for "protection and self-defense". They alleged that the final confrontation occurred in their home's den on August 20, 1989, shortly before Kitty and José were killed.
In the second episode of "Monsters," the brothers are seen heading to a Los Angeles movie theater and then getting food at a busy restaurant to create an alibi for the murders.
In real life, they never left the family home the night they murdered their parents. "Twelve shots in the middle of Beverly Hills on a Sunday night, and no one calls the police.
The prosecution contended that the brothers killed their parents to inherit the family wealth. In contrast, Lyle and Erik have consistently maintained, even as they serve life sentences without the possibility of parole, that their actions were driven by fear resulting from a lifetime of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse.
The Menendez brothers murdered their parents, José and Kitty, on the evening of Aug. 20, 1989, in their Beverly Hills home. Each armed with a 12-gauge shotgun, Lyle, then 21, and Erik, then 18 ...